Ash receptacle



Nov. 5, 1940.

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ASH RECEPTACLE Filed Jan. 18, 1937 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Fl 5 a l INVENTOR. E q f 8 I fi/f fisaei BYIJZZZIVQ 7/ A TTORNEY Patented Nov. 5, 1940 UNITED STATES ASH REOEPTAOLE John Visser, Grand Rapids, Mich, assignor, by mesne assignments, to Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Detroit, Mich, a corporation of the United States Application January 18, 1937, Serial No. 121,164 2 Claims. (01. 206-195) This invention relates to a pivotal type of ash receptacle, and more particularly to a spherical type receptacle having a detachable ash container adapted to be swung into exposed and concealed positions.

An object of this invention is to provide a receptacle having a container adapted to be swung into exposed and concealed positions with a novel connection for holding the container in place in the receptacle.

Another object of this invention is to provide a receptacle of the aforementioned type which can be economically manufactured on a large production basis fromstandard metallic sheets.

In accordance with the general features of this invention, there is provided a receptacle including a housing, a container support in said housing, and a container detachably connected to said support by a rotary resilient snap-on connection comprising clip means engaged by a relative rotary movement of the support and container, the support being connected by a pintle to the housing, whereby said container may be swung out of said housing into an exposed and accessible position.

Another feature of the invention relates to the use of the pintle pin extending between the container support and housing to serve as a part of the connection between the detachable container and the support.

Other objects and features of this invention will more fully appear from the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a front View of a spherical receptacle embodying the features of this invention and illustrating it as being mounted upon a panel such as the dashboard of an automotive vehicle;

Figure 2 is a vertical cross-sectional View taken on the line IIII of Figure 1, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows, and showing the ash cont'ainer in its closed or concealed position;

Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line I11III of Figure 1, looking downwardly, and also showing the ash container in closed' or concealed position;

Figure 4 is a side elevational view partly in section of the ash receptacle, showing the receptacle applied to a panel, and illustrating the container in its open or exposed position;

Figure 5- is a side view of the ash receptacle showing the container swung a quarter of a turn about the pintle into the housing, so that the container is disposed in a position halfway between its open and closed positions;

Figure 6 is a plan view of the receptacle shown in Figure 5, with the container in its aforesaid intermediate position;

Figure 7 is a bottom view of the ash receptacle as shown in Figure 6 and illustrating the stop means for limiting the movement of the container at its open and closed positions, and also illustrating in dotted lines the progressive movement of the container toward an open position;

Figure 8 is a fragmentary view of the bottom of the ash receptacle showing the position of the abutment or stop means when the container is in its fully open position;

Figure 9 is a sectional or explosion view of the elements which comprise my spherical type ash receptacle, and illustrating in dotted lines the location of the pintle pin with reference to certain of the elements; and

Figure 10 is a detail view of the novel snapon clip means of my receptacle for detachably connecting the container to the pintle pin carried by the housing and showing the pintle pin in dotted lines in the drawings.

In the drawings:

The reference character l0 designates generally a mounting panel such, for example, as the dashboard of an automobile, which is provided with a circular opening ll of such diameter as to receive andaccommodate the outer shell or housing 12 of my novel. hemispherical ash receptacle. This housing [2 may be secured in any suitable manner to the mounting panel In, as for example by means of lateral pins or tangs l3 punched from the body of the housing and suitably secured to projections l3a or other means on the panel, as shown in Figure 3. Inasmuch as my present invention is not concerned with the details of-the means employed for fastening the shell or housing of my receptacle to the panel, such details have not been.

illustrated in full. It is obvious, however, that any suitable fastening means may be used for this purpose,

The housing I2 has suitably anchored to it in a vertical position a pintle pin l4, about which the ash container I5 is adapted to be swung from the closed position shown in Figure 2 to the open position shown in Figure 4. The container I5, as shown in detail in Figure 9, has secured in it a back plate I6 which is flanged and suitably secured, as by welding, to the marginal or band portion l8 of the container. This marginal or band portion l8 of the container is notched at opposite sides as at I80, (Figure 3) to an extent arms by means of welds or the like Ha to the back plate l6 (Figures 9 and 10) It will be evident that by rotating the container [5, which carries this clip device IT, in a counter-clockwise direction, it is possible to disengage the clip means from the pin [4, and that by rotating the container IS in a clockwise direction, it is possible to engage the arms of the clip device I! with the pin 14. Thus, there is provided a simple rotary resilient snap-on connection for enabling ready application of the container to the pintle pin l4.

The container 15, as will be readily perceived from Figure 9, is cut away as indicated at 20 so as to enable ashes or the like to be disposed in the container. Also, the container I is provided with a match-striking surface 20a.

The band or marginal portion I8 of the container I5 is adapted to telescope the circular or band portion IQ of a face plate 2|. This band portion I9, unlike the band portion 18, is not provided with diametrically opposite notches I8a, as shown in Figure 3. The outer surface of the face plate 2| may be suitably ornamented, as by providing it with a grain finish or the like.

Now, it should be noted that while the band portion IQ of the face plate 2| is not provided with notches such as the notches [8a, it is provided with circular holes through which the ends of the pintle pin i4 extend, as will be evident from Figures 2 and 4. This face plate, together with the container when the latter is disposed in telescoping relationship with the face plate, is adapted to be rotated about the fixed pintle pin I 4. However, it is not removable from the pin, as is the case with the container I5, which is merely snapped into retained engagement with the pintle pin by means of the clip device [1, previously described.

The face plate 2|, on the bottom of its band portion I9, is provided with a pair of spaced studs 21 and 28, both of which are freely movable within a widened portion 22 of an arcuate slot formed in the bottom of the shell or housing l2. It is only while the container is in an intermediate position with reference to its open and closed positions that the studs 21 and 28 are movable in the widened portion 22 of this-slot. The stud 28 is movable in the narrowed portions 23 and 24 of the slot during rotation of the container from open to closed position. It serves as a stop, as is evident from Figures 7 and 8. The stud 21, however, rides under the under surface of the shell opposite the narrow portions 23 and 24 of the slot, and snaps into either of the widened ends 25 and 26 thereof in the opposite rotations of the container to retain the ash receiving container in either open or closed position, depending upon which direction the container is rotated. Thus, it will be appreciated that the stop 28 serves as a guiding stop, whereas the stop 2'! serves as a frictional means for retaining the ash receptacle in either open or closed position, depending upon which direction the ash receptacle is rotated with respect to the pintle or pivot pin I4.

t should also be noted that the portions of the wall of the housing or shell l2 (Figures 7 and 8) projecting between the widened portion 22 of the slot and the widened end portions 25 and 26 of the slot are necessarily possessed of some resiliency, so as to permit of the end of the projection 21 on the face plate 2| passing thereunder. Hence, it follows that after the stud 21 passes from under these resilient portions of the wall of the housing, it engages side edges of the slot to aid in the retention of the ashreceptacle in the position to which it is swung.

From the foregoing, it will be apparent that I have provided a receptacle wherein the container for receiving ashes may be readily swung and retained in either exposed or concealed position with respect to the housing of the receptacle, and that when it is necessary to empty the ash receptacle it may be quickly and easily disengaged and removed from the face plate 2| which it normally telescopes. When it is in telescoping relationship with the face plate, as shown in Figure 2, it will be perceived that there is a space [8b between the back of the receptacle and the ornamented portion of the face plate. This is desirable, since it precludes any of the hot contents, such as ashes, of the receptacle from marring the finish of the plate 2|.

All of the parts of my novel ash receptacle, with the possible exception of the pintle or pivot pin [4, may be economically manufactured on a large production basis from a standard gauge of sheet material, such assteel sheets. Moreover, the ash receptacle is readily applicable to a mounting panel such as the dashboard of an automobile, without requiring any extensive changes in the panel aside from the aperturing of the panel to accommodate the ash receptacle and the provision of a suitable means for anchoring the receptacle to the panel.

I am aware that many changes may be made and numerous details of construction may be varied through a wide range without departing from the principles of this invention, and I, therefore, do not purpose limiting the patent granted hereon otherwise than necessitated by the'prior art.

I claim as my invention:

1. In combination with a supporting plate having an opening therethrough, an ash receiver shell extending bodily through said opening and attached to said plate, means including a pin extending diametrically of said shell on the open side thereof, and an ash container pivoted to said shell on said pin for rotation into and out of said shell and detachably supported directly on said pin by a rotary resilient snap-on connection, said connection comprising a resilient clip on a side wall of said container and movable into retaining engagement with said pin upon rotary movement of the container transversely of the axis of said pin.

2. In combination with a supporting plate having an opening therethrough, an ash receiver shell extending bodily through said opening and attached to said plate, means including a pin extending diametrically of said shell on the open side thereof, and an ash container pivoted to said shell by said pin for rotation into and out of said shell and detachably supported directly on said pin by a resilient snap-on connection, said connection comprising a resilient clip on a side wall of said container and movable into retaining engagement with said pin upon movement of the container transversely of the axis of said pin.

JOHN VISS-ER. 

